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CSA
Full name	Centro Sportivo Alagoano
Nickname(s)	Azulão do Mutange
Founded	1913
Ground	Estádio Gustavo Paiva, Maceió, Brazil Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió, Brazil
Capacity	4,000 25,000
Chairman	Ricardo Coelho
Manager
League	Brazilian Série C
2005
Home colours 　 Away colours

Centro Sportivo Alagoano, or CSA (sometimes called Alagoano by non-Brazilians), as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Maceió in Alagoas, founded on September 7, 1913.

Home stadium is the Gustavo Paiva stadium, capacity 4,000.

CSA's greatest rival is CRB.

Contents 1 History 2 Titles 3 Trivia 4 1999 Copa CONMEBOL 5 References 6 External links

On September 7, 1913, the same day of the anniversary of th Brazilian Independence from Portugal, the club was founded as Centro Sportivo Sete de Setembro.

In 1914, Centro Sportivo Sete de Setembro was renamed to Centro Sportivo Floriano Peixoto, after Floriano Peixoto, who was Brazil's second president, and was a War of the Triple Alliance hero.

In 1918, the club was renamed to its current name, Centro Sportivo Alagoano.

In 1928, the club won its first title, the state championship of Alagoas.

In 1980, the club was the runner-up of the Brazilian Second Division. In the final, Londrina of Paraná state and CSA drew 1-1 in Maceió, in the first leg, and in the second leg, in Londrina city, Londrina beat the club 4-0.

In 1982, the club was again finalist of the Brazilian Second Division. CSA was defeated by Campo Grande, of Rio de Janeiro. In the first leg, in Maceió, CSA won 4-3. In the second leg, in Rio de Janeiro, Campo Grande won 2-1. In the tie-breaker match, Campo Grande won 3-0.

In 1983, the club reached again the Brazilian Second Division final. CSA was defeated by Juventus, of São Paulo. In the first leg, in Maceió, CSA won 3-1. In the second leg, in São Paulo, Juventus won 3-0. In the tie-breaker match, Juventus won 1-0.

In 1999, CSA disputed Campeonato do Nordeste, being eliminated by Bahia in the semifinals. Eventually, Vitória, Bahia, and Sport Recife (respectively the winner, the runner-up and the third placed teams in Campeonato do Nordeste) declined successively to dispute Copa CONMEBOL, so, CSA was invited to the competition. CSA, surprising, reached the competition final, but was defeated by Talleres, of Argentina. In the first leg, in Maceió, the club won 4-2. In the second leg, in Córdoba, Talleres won 3-0. However, the competition.s top goalscorer wa CSA's Missinho.

• Copa CONMEBOL runner-up: 1999
• Campeonato Brasileiro Second Division runner-up: 1980, 1982 and 1983
• Campeonato Alagoano: 1928, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999

• In 1976, Fernando Collor de Mello, who later was elected president of Brazil, was the club's chairman ^[1].
• The club's motto, União e Força, displayed in the logo, means Union and Strength.
• CSA's mascot is called Marujão, meaning Big sailor.

First Stage

CSA - Vila Nova (Brazil) 2-0 0-2 (py: 4-3)

Second Stage

Estudiantes de Mérida (Venezuela) - CSA 0-0 1-3

Semifinal

São Raimundo (Brazil) - CSA 1-0 1-2 (py: 4-5)

Final

CSA - Talleres de Córdoba (Argentina) 4-2 0-3

1. ^  Guia dos Curiosos

• Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 1 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

• Arquivo de Clubes